Everyone give john his props since he was the only one in the whole world to know this ahead of time. He is the best!

AWSOME!!!

Lesnar is going to throw him around like a Rag Doll!!

We want Fedor…well this will do until then…

Zomg this is awesome!
Man, sad day for all the UFC haters, hopin he’d end up somewhere else.

I really hope UFC gets Fedor now, they have the bait!

Randy is going to put him on his back, Brock is going to get owned…

ahhh hellz yeah!!!

Finally!!!As long as he doesn’t get poked in the eye before the fight it might be interesting to watch

Looks like money is the root of all evil.

I’m sure Nog is thrilled.

FUCK!~@ WHY NOT PORTLAND??SSDF? asj’fklar45k

So randy automatically gets hit title back? Bullshit!

what about nog?

Brock will make Randy his bitche

Brock is the real deal

Wow, this is a huge slap in the face to Big Nog (and Mir).

I would hate to see Lesnar just destroy him. Would make it that much harder to get Fedor.

couture will take the belt back and then beat emelianenko, and then he will star in scorpion king 3. a great year all in all, except for the urine that he will produce onscreen. ha.

I wonder what this now means for Mir or Nog? Interesting to say the least

I believe that Brock Lesnar will outweigh Randy Couture by up to 50 pounds in this fight (Randy will weight about 230, Lesnar about 280 come fight time)so keeping an expierenced wrestler that outweighs you by 50 pounds on your back is something that is going to be extremely hard for Randy to do. This fight is tough, but yet, if Randy can avoid the takedown and test the chin of Brock Lesnar than something can happen in favor of Randy.

But right now, I am taking Lesnar. He is bigger, faster, stronger and younger than Randy Couture. The only way that Randy can win is KO or a flash submission.

Nogueira and Mir will still fight at UFC 92 for the interim heavyweight title then the winners of both bouts will unify the titles in early-2009.

its good to hear that randy is back . let the destruction of any fighter in front of him begin
fueled buy the last few months of not competing im sure he’s hungry for some blood .
and maybee dreams do come true (we mite see fedor and him fight in our life time ) but a nightmare just awoke for lesnar . thanks zuffa for realizing what everyone already wanted.

I’m a huge Brock fan but how is he going to fight for title already? He’s 1-1 in UFC, i don’t understand that one.

What the hell happened to Portland?

I can understand them wanting to get this show in an area where they can charge tons for the tickets. I just hope they still plan on doing a show in Portland.

Nog always knew that his title was Interim. With the return of Randy he keeps his belt but he has to fight to reunify the belts and then possibly if he beats Lesnar and then possible Nog or Mir, his last fight of his contract could be against Fedor for his retirement match. Lets see what happens.

yeah it seems to be f*ck Nog & Mir. How is Dana going to hype a fight that shouldn’t happen? Randy should fight the winner of Mir vs Nog to have an undisputed HW champion then either a rematch with Mir vs Lesnar (not that he deserves it but who else?) or a contender fight with Randy vs Lesnar? I don’t get there strategy at this point with TUF and Nog?

this is going to be a good fight we will see if randy’s experience will help him out becuase lesnar is a freak of nature. I hope randy wins but i dont think he is going to be able to deal with the size of brock, if brock wins i wouldnt mind seeing brock vs. fedor

This is the sickening. Nog should have gotten the first crack at the old man. Couture has been ducking Nog since the King of Kings tournament. He should have been stripped then made to fight the winner of Nog-Mir if he won against lesnar. Now he is gonna line his pockets with cash, get his ass beat by fedor and retire while people will be on his nuts for “doing the right thing.” This is just disgusting.

Wow Still champ then why dont they ask mir to step aside,and have Randy Vs Nog- Nog is getting shafted,in my opinion. Great to see Randy back though,but i dont see him beating Lesnar,That being said it would be great to see him spank lesnar in there fight after lesnars antics.lol

THis is such BS. Randy and Lesnar should be fighting for a #1 contender spot. Randy left, he should have been stripped of the title. I’m sure Nog is a little pissed, but I wonder how Mir feels about this!?

man this will (hopefully) be a great fight, but randy will lose. he cant handle a gorilla like lesnar. and now what happens with the HW belt? brock gets it with a record like that. brock can take that title, cool with me. but now? really?? whats big nog have to say, id like to hear that

I see this fight with Lesner and Couture going something similar to Barnett vs Couture did… Historically Randy struggles with good big men who have decent ground games. If he is unable to do anything with Brock in the clinch (where Greco Roman Wrestlers are supposed to shine most) then he will be in for a LONG LONG night…

Finally one of Dana White’s “big announcements” was actually a big deal.

brock sucks at mma, he does not deserve this fight, i guess randy is going to show him a real mma fight.

This is awesome, but how can Lesnar get a title shot after only 1 win in the UFC?

And then the other organizations up and died and the UFC live happily ever after. THE END!

LOL, Brock will be the first man to be both WWE and UFC Heavyweight champion.

Randy has to create a gameplan that will keep this sasquatch thinking twice and he must defend Lesnar’s takedown. He has to be quick and control the pace of the fight. i dont think Randy will get ko’d like everybody thinks. He must get through the 1st round

Lesnar does not deserve a title shot, but Randy is what… 15-8? Couture says he can handle the weight differance… I really doubt that.

I just want to see brock knocked out. Cotoure won’t do that.

Yea i don’t really get that either, but couture is back man and thats AWSOME, all us fans will finally get to see the dream fights we’ve been so desperatly waiting on! I hope couture whoops brock lesnar and redeems his title back! It would be Amazing 4 time heavyweight champion of the world. Brock should not get a title shot, but who do they put against couture Wverdum? or kongo maybe…

BROCK IS A beast, but Randy has taken beasts down before. I think as long as Brock doesn’t land a power punch to Randy’s face like he did Heath Herring, then Randy will win this fight. I dont agree with what Randy has been doing the past year, but I still think Randy wins this fight if he can avoid getting nailed in the face.

Bill Maher WWE is fake! WHO walks around saying they were the champ when it’s staged and premeditated.
They gave him the WIN. WE’RE NOT TALKING AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL HERE!

why couldnt we have resoved this 10 months ago…..that would have been great

Gotta love to watch Brock pound opponents, but remember your history lessons, can’t lose faith in Capt. America.

Personally i think the brock vs, Couture fight should be a number one contender fight for Noguera’s title.. i mean couture’s been out title contention for a lil over a year and a new king has been crowned but w.e its Dana whites decision. I just don’t think that brock should have a title shot just yet..

randy wasted a year of his life. hopefully now, all the other fighters and the fans relize that if you sign a contract (especially with zuffa) then you need to honor it…….btw does’nt anyone read the thread before posting anymore? it clearly states that the winner of brock/randy would fight the winner of the mir/nog fight for the undisputed title. randy was never stripped (and wont be or else it wouldnt be a 5 rnd TITLE fight as mentioned in the thread) and nog has always been listed as the interim champ. wether you fell its right or wrong, thats the way it is. at least well get to see alot of great upcoming HW fights. the UFC’S hw division doesnt look so thin any more now does it? you have 2 all time greats in nog and couture and a good mix of top veterns (mir, werdum,gonzaga,kongo,herring) along with some great up and comers (brock,valasquez, and shane carwin). affliction WILL fold soon, so im sure they will get arlovski back and maybee even fedor (very iffy).

I think Lesanr’s got a great chance to win this fight. I’d actually be pretty surprised if he lots. Randy better start working on a number of things, chief among them, leg submissions against a stronger opponent.

I’ll be cheering for Randy, though. If he loses, there is no wind in the sails of the Fedor-Couture match up, and less reason for any other promoter to make it happen. I’d much rather see Fedor rip Couture to pieces than watch Lesnar dry hump and hammer fist a wadded up Couture.

It’s going to be a ‘cage match,’ get it?

i tell all u guys right now fedor will prolly never be in the UFC as much as i hate to say it and will never happen all because of that think headed jack*** Dana fedor will prolly end up in Dream

Randy will probably look like his wife (after her first fight) after Brock smothers him for 5 rounds.

WTF!!! I was excited to go to this one in Portland. I guess if they give us GSP vs Penn, I will feel better.

I know that Brock will sell PPV but this fight is a joke. Im happy to see Couture back in the cage but to give Brock a title shot after 2 fights in the UFC with a 1-1 record is a farce.

this is a sad day for mma and a sad day for all the fighters in the ufc who have busted their balls putting together winning streaks only to be denied the right to fight for the belt because of TUF or extended rivalries. dana is shitting on all his dedicated fighters giving a title fight to someone on a 1 fight winstreak and has three career mma fights. i guess mir and nog are really happy about this. in the end this is strictly for the money.

all that being said, i hope that couture asked for this fight, similar to how he asked for timmy but i don’t see a similar result. Lesnar is going to have over 60 pounds on couture and won’t be standing punching bag with a bad back.

also, you can look at it like a mini heavyweight grandprix, hopefully in the end randy emerges on top as the soul winner and maybe just maybe we’ll get to see captain america vs the last emperor, a fight everyone wants to see and a fight everyone deserves to see.

Oh my god its actually happening. well this sucks.

I wonder if Randy will do any ring anouncing before his fight

Wonder what the figher’s salaries will be for this fight?!

Can’t say I like this…
Brock get a single win over a mediocre HW and automatically gets a title shot???
Lesnar hardly deserves a title shot…(2-1 / 1-1 UFC)Mir certainly should get a shot before Lesnar! Hell just about everyone in the UFC/HW division deserves it more than this Johny-come-lately.
Nog IS the Interim Champ, what happens to his pseodo title?
Guess it’s got little or nothing to do with merit, just about $$$.
This is obviously not something intended to appeal to the hard-core MMA fan, more of an attempt to draw out the cash of the casual fan.
Randy’s the man!…my favorite MMA fighter, but this is a joke!
I’ve bought every UFC PPV for the last 4 or 5 years + watching every MMA program on free tv and subscribe to the FightNetwork.
I am,in short, an ardent fan of MMA…but I hereby serve notice that I WILL NOT buy this fight.
And in fact, if Lesnar ends up as the UFC HW Champ, I will no longer even watch the UFC as it will indicate to me that they are intent on morphing themselves into some sort of WWE/WWF show.
And when those “casual fans” desert you for the next bandwagon they fancy, don’t come crying to me, I’ll have moved my loyalties to legit shows.

Either way, It will set up a huge payday for Fedor, if he fights in the UFC. Obviously, if Randy loses, the Fedor thing is dead for him. If Brock wins, I would have to guess that Fedor would want to fight him. It will be interesting, for sure.

Very disrespectful to the HW veterans who work their tails off… IMO, Brock needed a few more wins before giving him a title shot.

This travesty will only give even more fuel to Affliction, to build themselves as the real deal in HW MMA…

Doesn’t matter anyway.

The UFC can sugarcoat this fight all they want…it’ll be a snoozer.

And, the only reason it’s happening is to ti Randy up so Affliction can’t book the Randy/Fedor fight.

Dana can say Randy is the #1 guy and Fedor is just fighting “cans.”

This is the classic case of a company paying to screw a rival company…nothing more, nothing less.

Randy’s over the hill and will lose this fight.

I am very, very disappointed by how Big Nog has been treated and sidelined as a result of this. As much as I want to see Lesnar fight Couture, I am very (did I already write “very”?) disappointed. Big Nog has been totally disrespected in my opinion. I hope there is an explanation about how/why this is happening. I absolutely did not expect a title fight. I fully expected a non-title fight.

This is real simple…

The UFC could not strip Randy of the belt while they were in litigation (and probably wouldn’t of, hoping for this very thing), now that he’s back they won’t strip him because that was probably one of the bargaining points to get him back… Mir and Nog were already scheduled to fight in Dec as part of the TUF wrap up, so they can’t break that one up… another bargaining point to get Randy back was probably that he fight immediately since he is 45 and has already been sitting out for a year (tick, tock), so waiting for the winner of Mir/Nog wasn’t an option… Lesnar just about pounded Mir out and then destroyed Herring (who went toe-to-toe with Nog, and almost upset him I might add) so, lack of experience aside, in my estimation he has to rank up there…

add it all up, it makes perfect sense to me.

Does that really say “he’ll need to whack off any and all cage rust sooner rather than later”? I feel like the whacking off of this so called cage rust might tire him out for the fight. hopefully hes just fighting brock and skipping the whacking off.

i must say that this is a HUGE slap in Nog’s face… and as much as i am excited to see Couture back in action, its sad that he’s fighting Brock… because think of it this way.. Randy has been claiming he is #2 in the HW division, and wants to fight FEdor… well lETS say Randy loses Due to brock dry humping him, where does that leave Randy and the hype behind fighting FEdor??? #1 fighting #5 of the HW division or less don’t really know where Brock stands

I just hope the champ doesn’t get killed or permanently damaged. Old people don’t recover so well. When Brock had Herring’s back, Herring couldn’t ROLL! This fight’s over after the first TD.

WELCOME BACK RANDY!!

I think Brock has great potential dont really like his style of fighting but Brock he must have apples of steel. He asked to fight the best and Dana obliged if Dana would just obliged to paying undercard fighters more.

“he’ll need to whack off any and all cage rust”laughed my ass off at this choice of words…… Anyway, it shouldn’t be for the Official belt but we can’t do anything about that. If Lesnar beats up Randy and Nog then or nog beats up woever after Mir etc. etc. it will all wash out in the end. Brock’s first # opponents in the ufc Mir+Herring+Couture= Balls

Its this simple whoever wins the Brock Lesnar Fighte,Brock or Not gets the title shot

Lesnar will murder him and i think he can beat Fedor!

and everyone always talk a shit about Fedor fighting cans… he fought waaaaaaay better competetion than cock lesnar…

I disagree with on this one, Mania. Couture not one of the most athletic and strongest of the HW division??? Come on!!! The man is a freak of nature. I haven’t seen any of his fights that prove your point about that, unless you somehow know he’s been sitting on his couch eating cupcakes and donuts for the past couple of months.

Lesnar will be the longest reigning champ! Mir will die in a rematch if he is dumb enought to tek it! Randy has zero chance is this fight! Lesnar is the best! Fedor would lose against Lesnar.

I don’t think the title should be on the line for this fight, as by merit Nogueira is the champion and Lesnar doesn’t deserve a title shot just yet. The whole idea of an interim belt seems silly. There should be one champion in a promotion’s weight class. After Randy opted to stay out of action, there’s no way he deserves to waltz back in and remain a champion. Nogueira-Couture would have made more sense, had UFC not already organised Mir-Nogueira and TUF.

Lesnar-Couture is a strong fight in terms of marketability but in every other sense, it looks like a mismatch to me.

Lesnar has the advantage in terms of age, he’s much younger. Because of that, his conditioning will also be superior. He’s bigger, faster, stronger and more agile.

Although Randy is well known for keeping trim despite his old age, his lack of action could cancel that out. It was August last year when Randy last fought, that will be 15 months without fighting come November. That’s a long time in this sport, as shown by the consequences of Rampage’s long break in between the Griffin and Henderson fights. A lack of regular action will affect Randy for sure. With all the uncertainty over his future, he may have took the eye of the ball in that department.

I think in the striking department that Brock will also have the advantage with his bigger hands being able to provide unrivalled knockout power. This is the key to Brock’s victory I feel.

As I think it’s in the wrestling/grappling department where Couture will match Brock and they’ll cancel each other out as they are both distinguished wrestlers.

I think Couture’s best chance of victory comes from submissions, even though Randy’s skill set may not be fantastic, his experience could be telling in this area. Mir exposed Lesnar, Couture could do the same, although it’ll be much harder as no doubt Brock will have worked on submission defence.

So in many ways this is risky for both fighters. If Lesnar loses, he’ll be on the end of a big upset, it’ll overshadow his dominant win over Herring, he will have blown a big opportunity to hold the title and dominate for a long time and it will throw further doubt into whether he has all the attributes to succeed in elite level MMA. And if Randy loses, his stock drops in the heavyweight division and the lustre of a fight with Fedor decreases even further than it has already as people will want see more competitive fights e.g.: Lesnar-Fedor.

But all in all, this looks set to be another win for Lesnar in my eyes. He will have too much for Randy.

this is awesome if brock and mir win they can rematch for the belt in feb, 1 yr after the first fight, or if they loose they can still rematch. this will be an awesome fight looking foward to it, lesnar tko in the 3rd

Thank God Randy’s Back!!! But Lesner1 Am I the only one who thinks this is complete bullshit! I mean the guy wins one fight and he gets a fuckin title shot. What are the UFC guys smokin? The guy is 1-1 in the UFC and 2-1 altogether and he gets a shot at the title. No wonder Arlovski left. I’ll be a UFC fan till I die but this frustrates the hell out of me! Just plain wrong

I will probably be lynched on this site for this but here it goes.I think and hope Mir ends up as the last man standing in this whole mess of shite. let the bashing begin

Dana is the fucking man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Without him i dont know where MMA would be without him……….

As I said at the onset of the Couture fiasco – his advisors were idiotic. There is no way that he would beat Zuffa in court. I’m excited for the Lesnar/Couture fight. I still think that Fedor will be in the UFC in the near future. Lorenzo Fertitta is in charge of taking the UFC international. Bending a little bit to meet Fedor’s demands would be worth it (I’d even agree to accept the best of the Red Devil team).

This is going to be such a huge draw. In Randy’s prime I think he takes it… but right now… Brock is gonna just lay on him like he did Herring.

Rob Dib
http://www.break-your-face.com

NOG will be the champ after all this bs

Welcome back Randy. Your still the champ!
Pound him ouT !! :)

this is horseshit, nog doesnt deserve this just cuz he is the great randy or what ever dana white is garbage.. he not only screwed the real champ but the fans of the northwest who were all excited to see the ufc for the first time, i remain a fan of the ufc but this makes me rethink the policts that really go on behind those fuckin doors

this is the only fight that really makes sense at the moment, regardless of lesnar’s record he is one of the better heavyweight’s in the ufc, the devision lacks top tallent. randy has already been out long enough and can’t afford to sit out longer than he already has so who else in the ufc heavyweight devision could give him a good fight. as for it being a title fight i can’t say i totally agree however lesnar was going to get a title fight at some point, if congo didn’t get injured lesnar would have likely beat him then got a title shot. This being marketed as a title fight, i think, is just for marketing, and i’m not going to complain about a 5 rounder, it will help sell a super fight between the winner of lesnar-couture and mir-nog. I see lesnar beating couture and nog beating mir, right now nog would sub lesnar any day of the week but by the time the fight actually happens (probably 6-8 months from now) i think he will have good enough bjj defense to win that fight, from then on i see lesnar being champ for a while

“Considering his age — and upcoming opponent — he’ll need to whack off..”

Haha pulled this from the article.. Poor choice of wording..

I think this is all fine and dandy, with Couture coming back to fight Lesnar.

But Lesnar does not deserve to be having a title shot and they really screwed Nog on this one.

Good thing they have already filmed that season of TUF cause I am sure Nog would not have done it if he heard of this fight first.

Am I in lala land?
Lesner gets a title shot? what? why?
So what if he is a big name? a 2-1 record is a joke!

Fight some more guys and than get it.

Maybe we should get Kimbo in and give him a title shot to!

Come on…

hey Verdum…..hurry up and wait homie

Put the title unification bout on the suberbowl card. Imagine it, Randy/Brock vs Nog/Mir, BJ vs GSP, Serra vs Hughes, Wanderlei vs Rampage, it would be the greatest PPV in history! But I’m getting way ahead of myself. I really didn’t think this would be a title bout, but I don’t have a huge problem with it. I can see Brock by decision or TKO, but I think Randy by submission is also feasable. Randy is a very good submission grappler and he definatley can tap a rookie like Lesner. If I had to pick someone I would probibly take Lesner. My brain keeps telling me to pick Brock, but somthing inside me is screaming not to pick against Randy. As for the Future of the belt, I could see several scenarios. First off, there is no way Mir beats Nog. He doesn’t have the conditioning and he can’t tap Nog in the first round. It has been proven if Mir can’t tap someone in the first round he will gass. And if he gasses there’s even less of a chance of him defeating Nog. Nog would definatley beat Lesner, but I’m not totally sold on him defeating Randy. I think Randy could impose his game on Nog and pounding him. However, I do see Nog as the favorite to come out on top after all of this.

No way!!! This is incredibly exciting news. I hate watching Couture fight because every time he does I think that he is going to get hurt, but I have to admit that he is a mastermind when it comes to gameplans. I can’t believe they gave Brock a title shot this quickly. This must be the most insignificant title shot in the history of MMA. It would be like any of us fighting a guy like Mike Swick and getting to fight GSP after that.

good way to prove that MMA is not a true sport.
thanks dana/joe silva

Coture is one man that father time cannot catch up with!!!! I am pumped to watch this fight. I was at Lesnar’s last fight in Minny and have to say he is a Beast, but never count out Coture. I am reading his book right now and must say it is a must read for any fan of MMA, wrestling, or one who just needs that extra drive. I will be glued to this website for updates!!! MMAmania Rocks!!!

Mr. P.R. of the Midwest

I KNEW THIS WAS COMING AND HAVE BEEN TALKING TO FRIENDS ABOUT FOR A COUPLE O WEEKS!

I THINK THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST PPV DRAW IN MMA HISTORY…..

I HAVE LEARNED WITH SYLVIA GONZAGA AND LIDDELL TO NEVER COUNT COTOURE OUT, BUT I THINK BROCK TAKES THIS AS HE IS JUST A WAYY BIGGER YET WAAAY LESS EXPERIENCED RANDY!! YES I SAID IT!! THEY HAVE VERY SIMILAR STYLES….

RANDY COULD TAKE IT PROVIDED HE COMES IN WITH A GREAT GAME PLAN AND EXECUTES IT, LIKE HE VERY WELL COULD!

TOOO EARLY FOR BROCK TO BE GIVEN A TITLE FIGHT BUT HEY WHO GIVES A SHIT THIS SHOULD BE GREATTTT!!!!!!!!

NOG VS BROCK ILL BE PULLING FOR BROCK BUT I THINK HE WILL GET CAOUGHT IN A SUB, PROBABLY ARM BAR, KNEE BAR, OR GUILLATINE!

WHITE’S DREAM WOLD BE A REMATCH OF NEW CHAMPS LESNAR AND MIR!!!!

CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT!

dont say he dont deserve a shot yet, if he wins then he deserves to be the champ. like him or not he will be the next champ. and he will do it by beating couture and then have a succesful defense by defeating big nog/mir. anderson silva did not deserve a title shot either, who thinks he does not deserve to be champ now? some people get to bypass the ranks and go to the top, lesnar is the type of guy who has the credentials to do this. ncaa runner up, ncaa national champion, freak of nature, etc…… wait and see!!!!!

Heres the dictionary definition of the word interim in case anybody thinks Nog is hard done by:- “a temporary or provisional arrangement; stopgap; makeshift.” He knew what he was getting.

Way I see it Randy and Nog both have something to prove and Lesnar and Mir have enough talent to pull a win out of the bag so we get to see a sudo-heavyweight tournament that should give us three exciting and technical fights.
 
Best of Greco vs. Best of Freestyle
Top American Jits vs. Top Brazilian Jits
Wrestling vs. Subs in who’s the daddy finale.

This is a coup for UFC and I love it.

All I can say is randy I was your fan and was hoping you would stand up and fight for what you beleive in, but you proved you are just a corporate shill.

BROCK WILL DEFEAT RANDY AND THEN DEFEAT FEDOR

I Knew this was coming right after Brock beat Heath Herring, I knew it because it was all that made sense so thank god, UFC, Couture, Lesnar and mum for paying the cable bill!

Ummm… why and when did UFC 91 get moved from Portland, Oregon to Las Vegas? And isn’t UFC 92 on Dec. 27th suppossed to be in Vegas?? … damn, too many cities demanding the UFC for it to be in Vegas 2 months in a row…

~G$

this is awesome… couldn’t ask for anything more…1 of the biggest matchups ever in mma history.. i cant believe it though brock is 1-1 in ufc… but who cares… go ‘natural’

I think that this fight is just awfull. I am on the fence about Randy still being HW champ as it is because he left for ridiculous reasons. Nog deserves the title and Randy should have to fight back up for it. Perhaps that was merely part of the settlement that Randy is still recognized as the champ. And then to add insult to injury, Brock Lesnar gets the title shot? Get the f-ck out of here! I understand the marketability and PPV draw that this must be, but holy crap. Cheick Kongo deserves as title shot first. Even Cain Velasquez! I only hope that Lesnar loses so that some semblance of order can be restored to the HW division, because if Mr. WWE wins, it’s just in shambles.

I just about crapped my pants when i found out it was official!!!

damn! brock can kick his ass now

awesome! now lesnar can kick his ass

This is gay though, now if Lesnar beats couture there will be no more hype for the Fedor fight..

Good to see Randy back, but it’s too soon to give Lesnar a title shot.

Couture can win this fight if he emulates what forrest did against page….

thank god that’s finally over with!

Quick! Somebody start drafting up Randy’s Obit!

That’s the biggest s*** ever in the world of MMA. They hired one of the best HW (second best actually, after Fedor) in Minotauro and now they are pretty much saying that his interim belt is a joke because he is not marketable as Lesnar and because he would probably beat Couture. That’s f**** up. The UFC only cares about business, they don’t care about fighting.

im expecting randy to be about + 400

if randy wins this one hell be p4p king

although everyone should have learnt by now to not count the natural out… i just cant see this one going well

lesnar is a 300lb animal
if he learns to defend leglocks i cant see any way for randy to win

randys hands are improved but to outbox tim sylvia with his bad back and srappy footwork isnt that great an achievement

randys chin is suspect and im sure brock can hit harder than chuck did

there is no way he can outwrestle a ncaa wrestler who has 70+lbs of muscle on him

taking the awward injured tim sylvia down was hard enough but i seriously cant see randy shooting on him brock could swipe him to the floor and fall on top then take the back or just land body shots to the sides of his ribs and lower back for the rest of the round

brock will decide where the fight takes place and aslong as he doesnt make a major mistake and turn it into purely a striking contest ie a boxing match then i cant see randy doing anything to stop him

if brock shoots on randy he will take him down

once it hits the deck randy will have no way of returning to standing and unless you are fedor or NOG i cant see how you can submit him with an armbar or triangle unless he makes a crazy mistake and allows a fedor style armbar to be applied

I agree Lesnar should categorically not be getting a title shot after 1 win, its a farse!! The guy has potential, but to be given a title shot after 1 win is just ridiculous!! What about cheik kongo and guys like that?? No wonder fighters get pissed, I do think however that Brock will hard for Randy to handle due to his sheer size, I just dont think the fight should be happening!

And people are criticising the ICEMAN for wanting a title shot, this is way beyond that if you ask me!!!!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS LESNAR IS DA MANNNNNNN SCREW ALL U GUYS

how does werbum not get a title shot but lesner does

if anything brock and shawn carwin should fight

Brock does not deserve this fight. It is unfair to other heavyweights who have put together a string of wins to not be in the title hunt.

The reason Randy is fighting Brock rather than Nog is because Mir and Nog have been on that tuff show and all the hype for the two of them fighting would be lost if Nog was suddenly fighting Randy instead plus their is a contract for Nog to fight Mir already.

So they want Randy to fight someone and win before he gets a shot at the title. That way Randy has to win 2 fights to get the belt instead of one and the UFC has a better shot at keeping the belt in the UFC.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS THAT RANDY IS BACK WITH THE UFC. THIS WILL BE A GREAT FIGHT FOR THE FANS TO. EXPERIENCE V STRENGTH AND POWER!!

carwin deserves a title fight more than brock. none of them really deserve one but that just shows you if your a dana favorate how much you can jump the ladder hence liddel title shot if he wins

If Brock could not finish Herring, how in the hell could he finish someone like Nog? Nog beat Bob Sapp who has 100 pounds of roids on Brock. Nog beat Herring 3 times. Brock didn’t even try a submission. Herring could of omo plata’d Brock in that fight there were many missed opportunities that guys like Mir and Nog would have used to end the fight. Even Randy has enough bjj to tap Brock. Of the 3 Nog matches up best to beat Brock btu I would not favor Brock in any of them. BJJ works see 170 Royce tapping guys like Kimo and Sevren who are 3 times his size.

money money money moneyyyyyyyy…. MONEY! lesner may be a freak but his “climb to the top” was a bit short… but if he makes it through and gets 2 wins in this mini-playoff there wont be much room for hatin’ on the decision. fat chance

I agree that this is a title fight mostly so it can be five rounds if needed. Though Lesnar shouldn’t be awarded a title fight yet, this has the feeling of a fight for the co-No. 1 contender anyway. Dana is looking for one great payday, and the possibility of more if Lesnar wins.

Dana is trying to turn Lesnar into his version of Kimbo Slice – someone with name recognition outside of MMA circles who can draw in the casual fan. Only Dana chose a guy with a legit collegiate background and is giving him legit opponents so it doesn’t feel fake or forced.

brock can beat randy by lay and plow but will never beable to beat ppl like nog or fedor. nog fight would last longer than fedor. brock would have nothing on fedor. brock knows fedor is to quick on his feet for fedor so he would get the take down and arm bared less than 90 secs

dana is such a looser.. he dont care about the integrity of the sport.. he just wants ppv numbers.because he cant top 2006..desperate dana

Say what you want about Dana, either way, you know Tom Attencio and all the guys at affliction are bumming out in a big way. Oh well, there’s always the Ozzy concerts.

This is a slap in the face to Nogueira. Who the hell is Lesnar to get a title shot in only his 3rd UFC match, at the expense of the interim champ? Whilst I’m happy to see Randy back, I’m appalled to see Minotauro treated this way. He’s a fighter who’s always acted with respect and class, and he’s demonstrated that he’s one of the top fighters in the sport. More than that, he’s earned the first shot at Randy’s belt. Lesnar is about 100 miles ahead of where he deserves to be.

i think sum of u guys r pro rasslin fans, thinkin that they will script a win for brock. but randy has shown over and over that he has everything it takes to beat younger stronger fighters with more experience than brock. Randys chin is suspect? he has been ko’d twice, ice man. no one before or after has been able to put him to sleep. not even gonzagas head kick that ko’d cro cop. this is going to be an mma fight, not a wrestling match. the natural wins in 3rd.

All of these Lesnar-Made Victorys…. shall temper Brock for Fedor down the road.

*IF Dana White or ANYONE wants to make a fistfull of millions it would be to host THE FIGHT OF THE CENTRY:

Anderson “the Spiderman” Silva VS. Fedor The Russian Reaper E.

Will this ever happen?!? Can it?!??